ORBITAL. impact. live from glastonbury 1994

[strawhattedman]

Orbital changed the public perception of Glastonbury. I remember this year on the telly. C4 covered it in a meek, mild manner in the main, and no-one watched. Then Orbital exploded on the scene. Gone were Dodgy, Sleeper, the Charlatans and all that shit. Suddenly music that actually meant something was being played. Within a couple of yrs, Glasto was a massive cultural phenomenon, something to compare with Wimbledon and the Open as summer events. This track was the springboard.

[EyeSpyHiFi]

Thanks so much for the upload andywellsey ...bloody classic!!

[danjsy]

I was there at the end of a gloriously sun bathed glasto that included highlights like supergrass and radiohead.

that Sunday night also changed my life.

[SuperThirtySomething]

I was there.....................but can't remember much!! Bright lights and er errrrrr ermmm god knows what else!

[XFizzxX]

LOL WHISTLES .. THIS IS LIKE HAPPY HARDCORE of the 90s!

[gustard33]

@XFizzxX no happy hardcore was the happy hardcore of the 90s - orbital were nothingto do with happy hardcore - thats blasphemy. Anyway I was at glastonbury this year but I went to see bancode gaia - damn.....

[zuleoni4]

i feel the atmosphere

[SpamJavelin0]

Between impact(usa) and adnan to difficult to choose as the best tunes ever.

[myownservant]

Far out

[Trimedial]

this is BBC engineering and vision mixing at it's best. they really capture the moment. it was completely fucked!

[Tonyglyn]

@Trimedial It was on Channel 4 in 1994.

[alexbrandmeyer]

changed my life too...

[siondalais]

7:40 is one the defining moments of my adolescence.

[magali2421]

je kif orbital depuis la nuit des temps.....c est une tuerie........on voyage....musicalement!!!!!

[magali2421]

je kif orbital depuis la nuit des temps.....c est une tuerie........on voyage....musicalement!!!!!

[ssnasdell]

This was an awesome night + festival, I was 17 - sh*t thats 17 years ago.

[BillypilgrimII]

1994 Glastonbury: best Glastonbury. I was at this gig on the tail end of a microdot, was partly glad my feet touched back down on terra firma after the gig ended. Best night of my life to date! Was anyone at this NOT on acid? Who remembers that guy playing coronation street on his trumpet just as the sun was setting before Orbitals set?

[TheNicJJ]

@BillypilgrimII

I was there and can confirm I wasn't on acid, however I hadn't been to sleep for 5 or 6 days and I think that did the job just as well! I'd forgotten about the trumpet - that's just made me laugh...very happy days ☻

[magali2421]

putain du souvenir a gogo,whaooouuuuuuuu!

je kiffe, une tuerie ces mecs!

[magali2421]

putain du souvenir a gogo,whaooouuuuuuuu!

[vrtska]

AMAZING GREAT FANTASTIC HEAVENLY

[dbennisonable]

I was there too - still probably the best night of my life. "He's coming up he's coming up, yeah!" Impeccable timing on my behalf. We all swarmed across a packed bridge, Bjork thankfully finishing, this track the highpoint although the next few hours were magical afterwards as well. The feeling (6:30 mins in) when the breakdown came in, the crowd looked around then break into clapping and cheering and we enter meltdown. Raving and raving, still brings a tear to the eye. To be 25 again.

[jangigy]

And Impact it did !! :p

[ecopunk66]

this was the part of the set where everyone really started to come to life and get right into the moment!!! 'me included, and my mate doddsy from peterlee!!!'

[Colatron]

How is this 16 years old and yet so much more 'of the future' than 95% of electronic acts I could name now? Timeless perfection

[musicandchips]

The best live gig I have ever seen. Someone had been shot during Bjork's performance right before; everything got a bit weird in the crowd, then Orbital came on and made everything alright again, and 30,000 people became part of the band. This vid (great though it is) really doesn't do it justice. Unbelievable night.

[Eightball69]

@musicandchips the best live gig I've ever seen too - this clip totally doesn't do that night justice - Orbital were......just immense - this was history

[eggbound1169]

I will badly hurt the one person who disliked this! With a SPOON!

[garjones99]

I first heard this live version on a free casette from, I think it was Select Magazine, to this day I love the tune and especially the live version.

[tomstickland]

@garjones99

Select Magazine cassette - I first heard it there too.

[AliceNutters]

Bloody Hell.. I was there, seems like yesterday. Time sure flys!

[RATIO3533]

Diversions is my #1 Cd of all time. It is timeless, a perfectly constructed journey. I just really wish I had seen Orbital live. But no matter, they are always close to my heart.

[TweakyLove]

I was there i was there! some poor cunt got shot with a shotgun are you him?

[bigwoody666]

i was there and it was my 30th birthday - seriously it was the best live gig i have ever seen (and i've seen a few). if you can get to Glasto this year you really should check them out

[purpleroy]

whoever is wathcing this clip and had the opportunity to be there but wasn't, is an idiot. quality

[XChez90]

recorded this onto ol' VHS when i was likkle.. well my mum did i watched it all the time nice to re discover it!! thx!!

[tonymontana1974]

fucking ace what a performance there headlining the other stage at this years glastonbury festival on sunday donno wether to go see them or stevie wonder.

[DarkAndMartyr]

@tonymontana1974 and so who did you go see?

[tonymontana1974]

@DarkAndMartyr I ended up watching stevie wonder im going to guilfest in 2 weeks and orbital are headlining that so i thought it was a bit silly to give up the chance to see stevie wonder live just to see orbital live twice. They were meant to have been good though.

[AndyLuvsMau5]

i'm so glad their split was only temporary! cuz i really wanna see them! and i will next month (maybe twice depending on finances)

[essexboyupnorth]

I was at Glastonbury for Orbital, I still have the T shirt and more memories of that night than I deserve.

[ecopunk66]

Eh?, what was i doing three seconds ago?, i dunno you better ask him!!!!!

Tripping at its best!

[themushieman]

Otherworldy

[Daggerbone]

saw them at Brixton a couple of weeks ago, and 17 years ago at the Megadog New Year's loonout. Still the greatest electronic act the world has seen or heard. love, love love !!!!!!!!!

[Orillasound]

heard a few megadog mixtapes too....

[Orillasound]

oh yeah and they played this number too, which made my night :):)

[Orillasound]

15 years? wtf, where did time go...i first heard this on an old Journeys By DJ mixtape, was in the height of my rave vibes at that time, gives me goosybumps listening to it again....big up the Orbital, I seen them live recently at the EH1 Festival in Scotland, which they fkn rocked!!!!!!

[Mindhorn100]

seeing them tomorrow night at Brixton, can't beleive this was 15 years ago, what a night, what a weekend. O_0

[paulyminns]

I was there! The best gig I've ever been to... MADNESS.

[danjsy]

Me too, it changed my life.

I have to say, i really thought at the time that by now all music would sound like this !

oh well. = )

[salo7227]

I would murder a million kittens to be given a chance to go back in time to see this song, by this band, at this event. The pinnacle of techno, right there.

[sam70bham]

I shall be one happy bunny if they play this at The Big Chill this year! Woo hoo!

[HowlingEarth]

Those were the days! Pure unadulterated fun - and of course totally free, as it should be (well someone must have bought tickets but I never met any of them!)

Admittedly Glasto 2008 was probably one of the best there's ever been, epecially trash city but there's no way to recreate the sheer chaos party madness that was the mid 90's.

[Katanajoe7]

i really hope they play glastonbury this year. and phil is my best friends father. sweet no?

[rlj3108]

Can't wait to watch them again at Get Loaded in the Park in a few months. It'll be my tenth time seeing them, no other live dance act comes close for me. The first time was this unforgettable night in 1994, where did those 15 years go?!

[tonymontana1974]

I remember watching this on telly i think it was the first year channel 4 broadcast a lot of live glastonbury festival footage i was 20 and it made me want to go. Ive been going to glastonbury on and off (95, 2000, 2002, 2008) ever since and im going again this year 8 WEEKS TO GO PEOPLE.

[nephcure1988]

me there too

[lndns]

I WAS THERE MAN,IT ROCKED

[rifle8667]

THE BEST:)

[suky1973]

pure ear candy. excellent tune.

[wankconversation]

anybody knows the name of the first track???

cheers

awesome day by the way :-)

[PHD18E]

Well the whole video is "Impact"...a longer live version that rocks haaaard indeed

[blap200]

LOL I was thinking the same thing.Yea I think is Sad But True. Love that track too!

[milkio1]

awesome. must have listened to this 500 times, still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up

[JohnPackham]

got my tickets to see them in September at Manchester college!!!!!!! 11th time.... bring it on, my ears are tuned

[wisheywashywhitey]

ME TOO!!!!:)

[wisheywashywhitey]

and my 1st time, thought it would never have happened

[tonymontana1974]

are they playing manchester college this year ? i thought they had split up.

[rlj3108]

The Hartnoll boys are truly the gods of melody, in a league all of their own. Was lucky enough to be there in 94, the best night of my life.

[aa290380]

this song changed my life

[adeofspades1]

@aa290380 : it was "chime" which did it for me :-)

[chefdeparty]

@aa290380

This entire performance changed my life, and i only watched on TV. I can't even begin to imagine the effect it would have had on me if i'd actually been there.

[TheBikeNutter]

@aa290380 Mate, this is the REAL cry from the planet in the form of tooons!

[slakker8000]

The part that comes in at 8:54 is like the best thing I've ever heard, I reeeeaallly really can't get enough of it!

[ourvinylcollection]

one of my favourite songs of ALL time. just brilliantly composed!!!

[wallop12]

TUNE!

[Pauluk33]

i just put my vol up 60% aaaaavit

[themushieman]

I love this song so much!

[joubtt]

Should have 6 stars.

[LaurentYG]

one of my abs faves, got the vinyl or what's left of it, had to buy another copy, never tire of it. Never saw live though, but defo the tune constant in my head.

[Pauluk33]

impact., fukin serious evil bloody shit, top 10

[Vicioustrix]

the best

[davethedoobie]

absolutely brilliant thank you very much for posting this. probably the best performance I never witnessed live!

[deschwah4]

glad to find this at last

i could hardly stand up after several days at a proper festival

come on guys when's the reunion :)

[voejoworkin]

Twas my first Glasto, first time of seeing Orbital, happy happy days :)

[technoslob]

Thought you was there you jammy wee sh*te. x

[turntabletimmy]

anyone got this on audio, if ya can send us a link to d/l it, please, please, pretty pwease!!

[turntabletimmy]

been lookin for this for 14 years

[RedHandJen]

Favourite song ever. Until I heard this i was a Heavy Metal purist!!!!

[Procidentia]

i love it that orbital can have that effect on people

[paulg104]

I was there for this

[smarsaw]

This was...and still is one of my favourite songs ever!

[Yeevle]

I remember it, I honestly don't think anyone can better them. They were there at the right space in time. Gawd bless em.

[Paley]

Its one of the greatest moments in my life - a few high clouds lit by the setting sun and Orbital on the "Other" stage.

[mwjmccarthy]

Epic stuff

[LPAdGC]

And i was 8 LOL, still sounds the shit 14 years on

[sionmaisley]

Orbital Were AMAZING

[unabum]

You were six years old.